@ Lane Simonian

Iris L.

Lane, I have had insomnia for many years and have been on several different classes of sleep aids. Do you have a suggestion for an essential oil to help me get to sleep?

Iris

Lane Simonian

Lavender and sweet orange appear to be two of the better essential oils to improve sleep. Running them in a diffuser for an hour or two each night seems to work best. They can also be put on a pillowcase (a couple of drops), although they might stain the pillowcase.

Best wishes to you, Iris.

Iris L.

Thank you for this information, Lane! I already have lavender essential oil, and I have an oil which is called "citrus", perhaps it contains some orange oil.

Iris

Lane Simonian

Good, Iris. The citrus oil should work whether it contains orange or not.

Iris L.

I will use both tonight!

Iris

Iris L.

Last night I slept for 11 hours from midnight until 11 am. I used both the lavender and the citrus oils, inhaling directly from the bottles, three times, divided by a few minutes. They seemed to have helped a lot! Thanks again, Lane!

Iris